Comfortable homes 

 on Jersey farms. 



Population. Though one of the thirteen original states, New Jersey is 

 still growing rapidly in population, and property values of every kind are 

 increasing. The State census of 1915 returned a total of 2,844,342 inhab- 

 itants, a gain of over 307,175 or 12 per cent since the Federal census of 

 1910 was taken. The property assessment for 1918 gave a total of 

 $3,030,926,010. 



Farm Decline. Forty years ago city attractions, western lands and other 



influences caused a movement that resulted in a depreciation of farm values 

 throughout the eastern states. New Jersey was affected by that movement 

 to such an extent that many good farms were left unoccupied and the State's 



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